Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S5W-12070
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether national guidelines are in place for supporting university students with autism.
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Question reference: S5W-11562
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 31 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by sector of its low-carbon and renewable jobs figure of 58,000 and clarify which specific technologies are included in this figure.
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Question reference: S5W-11779
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 26 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Grampian enlists the help of private hospitals to reduce waiting lists for repeat procedures for chronic pain relief.
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Question reference: S5W-11778
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 26 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what measures are being taken by NHS Grampian to reduce the waiting time of a minimum of two years for repeat procedures for chronic pain.
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Question reference: S5W-11522
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what funding the NHS will provide for improved (a) rehabilitation strategies, (b) rehabilitation for cognitive difficulties, (c) vascular dementia care, (d) thrombectomy and (e) evidence-based practices in the next 20 years to reduce the impact on the NHS of people who have had a stroke.
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Question reference: S5W-11521
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which hospitals are using intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) to reduce deep vein thrombosis in people who have had a stroke, and whether these hospitals hold data on the efficacy of IPC.
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Question reference: S5W-11379
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Social Security on 19 September 2017, (Official Report, c. 10), whether it will confirm what multicriteria assessment process it used to determine the location of the agency, and for what reason it determined that Dundee and Glasgow were the most suitable.
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Question reference: S5W-11374
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 28 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what preventative action (a) Health Protection Scotland and (b) each NHS board has taken to warn of tick-related health conditions; what (i) posters, leaflet and other information have been issued and (ii) events have been organised on this topic (A) routinely and (B) since 1 September 2017, and what analysis it has carried out or plans of the effectiveness of this.
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Question reference: S5O-01303
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the Northern Alliance educational initiative.
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Question reference: S5W-11041
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to (a) police or penalise owners of non-electric vehicles parked in public charging bays for electric vehicles and (b) increase the number of charging bays to encourage the use of electric vehicles.
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